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Originally Posted by Lake-Effect
This doesn't quite explain trolling though. Perhaps you could expand on that ?  |
Mama always told me, " Son find something you are good at and then strive to be the best at it".
Trolling as it turns out is much harder than it looks, so
kids don't try this at home. But to make the perfect troll post, you have to have both wit and intelligence to be able to toss out a 1-2 sentence comment that will elicit both an emotional response and an intellectual one behind hit. Oh anyone can just toss out insults, but the key to a great troll post (as with all good humor) is that there has to be some truth in it. You have to base the post on truth, and usually a truth that the OP doesn't want to talk about or acknowledge exists. The OP will then have to decide, does he take the bait and go personal OR does he address the underlying truth of the troll post.
A good troll post is as much science and strategy as it is sharp wit and comedy.
But and this is VERY Important.
Why do "troll posts"
work? Why would someone give an unknown person the
power to elicit and emotional response to something they read online?
Ah...there my friend is the Magic. In a world where everyone has to sing the same tune, most people actually LONG for and ENjoy the troll posts because they are the true Free Thinkers and trailblazers of the digital world. Imagine an internet without troll posts....friends that is called NPR and it is as boring as watching climate data being manipulated.
{Editors Note: another aspect of a good troll post is to
work in topics that are known to be controversial as a parting zinger. The last sentence is VERY IMPORTANT because it is the last though the reader will leave with, so don't waste it. See above for a great example of a properly executed final sentence. That's called setting the hook}
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